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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CPRI SIGNAL
BY MEANS OF COAXIAL LINE
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of communications
technologies, and in
particular to a method and an apparatus for transmitting a CPRI signal by
means of a coaxial line.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Currently, as the number of communications users increases and
new
communications standards are increasingly popular, capacity expansion often
needs to be
performed for a base station to increase a new standard or frequency band, so
as to support more
users. The CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface, Common Public Radio Interface)
protocol is a
common interface protocol between a baseband unit (Baseband Unit, BBU) and a
radio remote
unit (Radio Remote Unit, RRU) in a radio communications base station and used
for a connection
between a radio equipment control center (Radio Equipment Control, REC) and a
radio equipment
(Radio Equipment) in a radio base station.
[0003] During capacity expansion for a base station, upgrade and
reconstruction may be
performed on an original base station system, an optical fiber and a power
supply are
reconstructed, and the optical fiber is directly used to transmit a CPRI
signal. However, this
manner requires a large amount of engineering reconstruction and costs a lot.
Therefore, for the
purpose of reducing the costs, an original coaxial line may be used to
transmit a CPRI signal, a
CPRI electrical signal is directly output, a direct-current power supply and
the electrical signal
that is converted from a CPRI optical signal are combined by a bias tee and
then transmitted to a
tower by means of the coaxial line, then the direct-current power supply and
an optical signal that
is converted from the CPRI electrical signal are separated by the bias tee,
and the two parts of
signals are transmitted to a device on the tower.
[0004] The prior art has at least the following problems:
[0005] Transmitting a CPRI signal using a coaxial line occupies
extremely high
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result, remaining frequency resources for other services to use are extremely
few in the coaxial line;
therefore, frequency resource utilization is not high.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an
apparatus for
transmitting a CPRI signal by means of a coaxial line, which are capable of
improving utilization of
frequency resources in the coaxial line.
[0007] The embodiments of the present invention adopt the following
technical solutions:
[0008] A method for transmitting a CPRI signal by means of a coaxial
line, including:
converting a Common Public Radio Interface CPRI signal sent by a sending end
into a
parallel data stream;
extracting valid data from the data stream by performing frame parsing; and
converting the valid data into a transmittable analog signal, modulating the
analog signal
to a specified frequency, and sending it to a receiving end by means of a
coaxial line.
[0009] A method for transmitting a CPRI signal by means of a coaxial
line, including:
converting an analog signal sent by a sending end by means of a coaxial line
into valid
data;
converting the valid data into a parallel data stream; and
converting the parallel data stream into a CPRI signal and sending the CPRI
signal to a
receiving end.
[0010] An apparatus for transmitting a CPRI signal by means of a coaxial
line, including:
a first conversion module, configured to convert a Common Public Radio
Interface
CPRI signal sent by a sending end into a parallel data stream;
a parsing module, configured to extract valid data from the data stream by
performing
frame parsing; and
a first processing module, configured to convert the valid data into a
transmittable
analog signal, modulate the analog signal to a specified frequency, and send
the analog signal to a
receiving end by means of a coaxial line.
[0011] An apparatus for transmitting a CPRI signal by means of a coaxial
line, including:
a second processing module, configured to convert an analog signal sent by a
sending
end by means of a coaxial line into valid data;
a synthesis module, configured to convert the valid data into a parallel data
stream; and
a second conversion module, configured to convert the parallel data stream
into a CPRI
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signal and send the CPRI signal to a receiving end.
[0012] According to the method and apparatus for transmitting a
CPRI signal by
means of a coaxial line in the embodiments of the present invention, at a
sending end, a CPRI
signal is converted into a parallel data stream; valid data is extracted from
the data stream by
performing frame parsing; the valid data is converted into a transmittable
analog signal, and
the analog signal is modulated to a specified frequency and sent to a
receiving end by means
of a coaxial line; before the analog signal arrives at the receiving end, the
analog signal sent
by the sending end by means of the coaxial line is converted into valid data;
the valid data is
converted into a parallel data stream; and the parallel data stream is
converted into a CPRI
signal, and the CPRI signal is sent to the receiving end. Compared with the
prior art, in the
embodiments of the present invention, a CPRI signal is converted into an
analog signal with
relatively low bandwidth and then transmitted by means of a coaxial line. In
this way, the
CPRI signal can be transmitted more efficiently, and utilization of frequency
resources in the
coaxial line is improved.
[0012a] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is
provided a
method for transmitting a CPRI signal by means of a coaxial line, comprising:
converting a
Common Public Radio Interface CPRI signal sent by a sending end into a
parallel data stream;
extracting valid data from the data stream by performing frame parsing,
wherein the
extracting valid data from the data stream by performing frame parsing
comprises: separating
user plane data, control and management plane data, and synchronization and
timing data in
the data stream by performing frame parsing; and converting the valid data
into a
transmittable analog signal, modulating the analog signal to a specified
frequency, and
sending the analog signal to a receiving end by means of a coaxial line,
wherein the
converting the valid data into a transmittable analog signal and modulating
the analog signal
to a specified frequency comprises: performing higher order modulation on the
user plane data
and up-converting the data onto a specified frequency to obtain a first
modulation signal;
performing higher order modulation on the control and management plane data
and the
synchronization and timing data, and up-converting the data onto a specified
frequency to
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obtain a second modulation signal; and combining the first modulation signal
and the second
modulation signal into one signal.
[0012b] A further aspect provides a method for transmitting a CPRI
signal by means of
a coaxial line, comprising: converting a Common Public Radio Interface CPRI
signal sent by
a sending end into a parallel data stream; extracting valid data from the data
stream by
performing frame parsing, wherein the extracting valid data from the data
stream by
performing frame parsing comprises: separating user plane data, control and
management
plane data, and synchronization and timing data in the data stream by
performing frame
parsing; and converting the valid data into a transmittable analog signal,
modulating the
analog signal to a specified frequency, and sending the analog signal to a
receiving end by
means of a coaxial line, wherein the converting the valid data into a
transmittable analog
signal and modulating the analog signal to a specified frequency comprises:
separating the
user plane data into multiple antenna carrier AxC signals, and up-converting
each of the AxC
signals onto a specified frequency; performing higher order modulation on the
control and
management plane data and the synchronization and timing data, and up-
converting the data
onto a specified frequency to obtain a modulation signal; and combining each
of the AxC
signals and the modulation signal into one signal.
[0012c] There is also provided a method for transmitting a CPRI signal
by means of a
coaxial line, comprising: converting an analog signal sent by a sending end by
means of a
coaxial line into valid data; converting the valid data into a parallel data
stream; and
converting the parallel data stream into a CPRI signal and sending the CPRI
signal to a
receiving end, wherein the converting an analog signal sent by a sending end
by means of a
coaxial line into valid data comprises: separating the analog signal into a
first signal and a
second signal; demodulating the first signal to obtain user plane data; and
demodulating the
second signal to obtain control and management plane data and synchronization
and timing
data.
10012d1 In accordance with a still further aspect, there is provided a
method for
transmitting a CPRI signal by means of a coaxial line, comprising: converting
an analog
signal sent by a sending end by means of a coaxial line into valid data;
converting the valid
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data into a parallel data stream; and converting the parallel data stream into
a CPRI signal and
sending the CPRI signal to a receiving end, wherein the converting an analog
signal sent by a
sending end by means of a coaxial line into valid data comprises: separating
the analog signal
into a third signal and multiple AxC signals; demodulating the third signal to
obtain control
and management plane data and synchronization and timing data; and combining
the multiple
AxC signals to obtain user plane data.
[0012e] According to another aspect, there is provided an apparatus
for transmitting a
CPRI signal by means of a coaxial line, comprising: a first conversion module,
configured to
convert a Common Public Radio Interface CPRI signal sent by a sending end into
a parallel
data stream; a parsing module, configured to extract valid data from the data
stream by
performing frame parsing, wherein the parsing module is specifically
configured to separate
user plane data, control and management plane data, and synchronization and
timing data in
the data stream by performing frame parsing; and a first processing module,
configured to
convert the valid data into a transmittable analog signal, modulate the analog
signal to a
specified frequency, and send the analog signal to a receiving end by means of
a coaxial line,
wherein the first processing module comprises: a first modulation unit,
configured to perform
higher order modulation on the user plane data and up-convert the data onto a
specified
frequency to obtain a first modulation signal; a second modulation unit,
configured to perform
higher order modulation on the control and management plane data and the
synchronization
and timing data, and up-convert the data onto a specified frequency to obtain
a second
modulation signal; and a first combination unit, configured to combine the
first modulation
signal and the second modulation signal into one signal.
[001211 A further aspect provides an apparatus for transmitting a CPRI
signal by means
of a coaxial line, comprising: a first conversion module, configured to
convert a Common
Public Radio Interface CPRI signal sent by a sending end into a parallel data
stream; a parsing
module, configured to extract valid data from the data stream by performing
frame parsing,
wherein the parsing module is specifically configured to separate user plane
data, control and
management plane data, and synchronization and timing data in the data stream
by performing
frame parsing; and a first processing module, configured to convert the valid
data into a
transmittable analog signal, modulate the analog signal to a specified
frequency, and send the
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analog signal to a receiving end by means of a coaxial line, wherein the first
processing
module comprises: a separation unit, configured to separate the user plane
data into multiple
AxC signals, and up-convert each of the AxC signals onto a specified
frequency; a third
modulation unit, configured to perform higher order modulation on the control
and
management plane data and the synchronization and timing data, and up-convert
the data onto
a specified frequency to obtain a modulation signal; and a second combination
unit,
configured to combine each of the AxC signals and the modulation signal into
one signal.
[0012g] There is also provided an apparatus for transmitting a CPRI
signal by means of
a coaxial line, comprising: a second processing module, configured to convert
an analog
signal sent by a sending end by means of a coaxial line into valid data; a
synthesis module,
configured to convert the valid data into a parallel data stream; and a second
conversion
module, configured to convert the parallel data stream into a CPRI signal and
send the CPRI
signal to a receiving end, wherein the second processing module comprises: a
first
decomposition unit, configured to decompose the analog signal into a first
signal and a second
signal; a first demodulation unit, configured to demodulate the first signal
to obtain user plane
data; and a second demodulation unit, configured to demodulate the second
signal to obtain
control and management plane data and synchronization and timing data.
[0012h] In accordance with a still further aspect, there is provided
an apparatus for
transmitting a CPRI signal by means of a coaxial line, comprising: a second
processing
module, configured to convert an analog signal sent by a sending end by means
of a coaxial
line into valid data; a synthesis module, configured to convert the valid data
into a parallel
data stream; and a second conversion module, configured to convert the
parallel data stream
into a CPRI signal and send the CPRI signal to a receiving end, wherein the
second processing
module comprises: a second decomposition unit, configured to decompose the
analog signal
into a third signal and multiple AxC signals; a third demodulation unit,
configured to
demodulate the third signal to obtain control and management plane data and
synchronization
and timing data; and a combination unit, configured to combine the multiple
AxC signals to
obtain user plane data.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0013] To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the
present invention
or in the prior art more clearly, the following briefly introduces the
accompanying drawings
required for describing the embodiments or the prior art. Apparently, the
accompanying
drawings in the following description show merely some embodiments of the
present
invention, and persons of ordinary skill in the art may derive other drawings
from these
accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
[0014] FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method according to a first
embodiment of the
present invention;
[0015] FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method according to a second embodiment
of the
present invention;
[0016] FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method according to a third
embodiment of the
present invention;
[0017] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an overall framework of the
CPRI protocol;
[0018] FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method according to a fourth embodiment
of the
present invention;
[0019] FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8 are schematic structural diagrams
of an apparatus
according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention; and
[0020] FIG. 9, FIG. 10, and FIG. 11 are schematic structural diagrams
of an apparatus
according
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to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
[0021] The following clearly and completely describes the technical
solutions in the
embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings in the
embodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the described embodiments
are merely a part
rather than all of the embodiments of the present invention. All other
embodiments obtained by
persons of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiment of the present
invention without
creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present
invention.
[0022] To make the advantages of the technical solutions of the present
invention more
comprehensible, the following describes the present invention in detail with
reference to the
accompanying drawings and the embodiments.
Embodiment 1
[0023] This embodiment provides a method for transmitting a CPRI signal
by means of a
coaxial line. As shown in FIG. 1, at a sending end, the method includes:
[0024] 101. Convert a CPRI signal sent by the sending end into a parallel
data stream.
[0025] Specifically, a CPRI signal sent by the sending end may be
converted at the physical
layer into a parallel data stream.
[0026] 102. Extract valid data from the data stream by performing frame
parsing.
[0027] 103. Convert the valid data into a transmittable analog signal,
modulate the analog signal
to a specified frequency, and send the analog signal to a receiving end by
means of a coaxial line.
[0028] The sending end may be a BBU, and the receiving end may be an
RRU; alternatively,
the sending end is an RRU, and the receiving end is a BBU; alternatively, the
sending end is an
REC (Radio Equipment Control, radio equipment control center), and the
receiving end is an RE
(Radio Equipment, radio equipment); alternatively, the sending end is an RE,
and the receiving end
is an REC. However, the sending end and the receiving end are not limited to
these.
[0029] According to the method for transmitting a CPRI signal by means
of a coaxial line in
this embodiment of the present invention, at a sending end, a CPRI signal is
converted into a
parallel data stream; valid data is extracted from the data stream by
performing frame parsing; and
the valid data is converted into a transmittable analog signal, and the analog
signal is modulated to a
specified frequency and sent to a receiving end by means of a coaxial line.
Compared with the prior
art, in this embodiment of the present invention, a CPRI signal is converted
into an analog signal
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with relatively low bandwidth and then transmitted by means of a coaxial line.
In this way, the
CPRI signal can be transmitted more efficiently, and utilization of frequency
resources in the
coaxial line is improved.
Embodiment 2
[0030] This embodiment provides a method for transmitting a CPRI signal by
means of a
coaxial line. As shown in FIG. 2, at a receiving end, the method includes:
[0031] 201. Convert an analog signal sent by a sending end by means of a
coaxial line into valid
data.
[0032] 202. Convert the valid data into a parallel data stream.
[0033] 203. Convert the parallel data stream into a CPRI signal and send
the CPRI signal to the
receiving end.
[0034] Specifically, the parallel data stream may be converted at the
physical layer into a CPRI
signal.
[0035] The sending end may be a BBU, and the receiving end may be an
RRU; alternatively,
the sending end is an RRU, and the receiving end is a BBU; alternatively, the
sending end is an
REC, and the receiving end is an RE; alternatively, the sending end is an RE,
and the receiving end
is an REC. However, the sending end and the receiving end are not limited to
these.
[0036] According to the method for transmitting a CPRI signal by means
of a coaxial line in
this embodiment of the present invention, an analog signal sent by a sending
end by means of a
coaxial line is converted into valid data, the valid data is converted into a
parallel data stream, the
parallel data stream is converted into a CPRI signal, and the CPRI signal is
sent to a receiving end.
Compared with the prior art, in this embodiment of the present invention, a
CPRI signal is
converted into an analog signal with relatively low bandwidth and then
transmitted by means of a
coaxial line. In this way, the CPRI signal can be transmitted more
efficiently, and utilization of
frequency resources in the coaxial line is improved.
Embodiment 3
[0037] This embodiment provides a method for transmitting a CPRI signal
by means of a
coaxial line. In this embodiment, that a sending end is a BBU and a receiving
end is an RRU is
taken as an example. Certainly, the method in this embodiment may also apply
to a scenario in
which the sending end is an RRU and the receiving end is a BBU.
[0038] In this embodiment, a first apparatus connected to the sending
end is set at the sending
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end, and a second apparatus connected to the receiving end is set at the
receiving end. The first
apparatus is configured to process a signal sent by the sending end and send
the processed signal to
the second apparatus. The second apparatus is configured to process the signal
that has been
processed by the first apparatus and then send it to the receiving end.
[0039] As shown in FIG 3, the method includes:
[0040] 301. The first apparatus converts, at the physical layer, a CPRI
signal sent by the BBU
into a parallel data stream.
[0041] As shown in FIG 4, the CPRI protocol is divided into two layers
and three data planes.
Layer 1 is the physical layer, including stipulations about optical
port/electrical port specifications,
a transmission rate of a line, a codec of the line, a frame format, and a
transmission distance. A
CPRI signal at the physical layer may be transmitted in the form of an
electrical signal by means of
a cable or a twisted pair cable and may also be remotely transmitted by means
of an optical fiber.
The transmission rate of the line may be selected from the following: 614.4
Mbit/s, 1228.8 Mbit/s,
2457.6 Mbit/s, 3072.0 Mbit/s, 4915.2 Mbit/s, and 6144.0 Mbit/s. In this case,
higher flexibility is
achieved for a link. At the physical layer, 8B/10B encoding is performed to
ensure that encoded
data has sufficient turnovers between the high level and the low level and the
receiving end is
capable of extracting a synchronization byte from the encoded data. Layer 2 is
a data link layer and
stipulates media access control, operation and maintenance data protection, a
fault diagnosis
function, and so on. The three data planes are a user plane (User Plane), a
control and management
plane (Control and Management Plane), and a synchronization plane
(Synchronization Plane). The
user plane mainly bears data transmitted between a base station and a
terminal, that is, digital
baseband (IQ) data on a user platform. The control and management plane mainly
bears operation
and maintenance information of Layer 1 and the higher layer. The
synchronization plane mainly
bears synchronization and timing information.
[0042] The conversion performed at the physical layer specifically includes
parallel-to-serial
conversion.
[0043] Further, the conversion performed at the physical layer may
further include: performing
scrambling and linear encoding on sent data and converting, by a drive, the
sent data into a
differential signal.
[0044] 302. The first apparatus performs frame parsing on a data frame in
the data stream to
separate user plane data, control and management plane data, and
synchronization and timing data
in the data stream.
[0045] The user plane data includes data transmitted between a base
station and a terminal, that
is, digital baseband (IQ) data on a user platform; the control and management
plane data includes
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operation and maintenance information of the physical layer and the higher
layer; and the
synchronization and timing data includes synchronization and timing
information.
[0046] During transmission, the receiving end may separate the user
plane data, the control and
management plane data, and the synchronization and timing data according to a
data format defined
in the CPRI protocol. In each base frame, the first 1/16 consecutive data is
the information about
synchronization and timing and the control and management plane information,
and subsequent
15/16 data is the user plane data.
[0047] 303. The first apparatus performs higher order modulation on the
user plane data and
up-converts the data onto a specified frequency to obtain a first modulation
signal.
[0048] The specified frequency is a frequency where the first modulation
signal is located. On
the specified frequency, the first modulation signal approaches a signal near
the first modulation
signal as close as possible but does not overlap the signal near the first
modulation signal.
[0049] The higher order modulation may be higher order QAM (Quadrature
Amplitude
Modulation, quadrature amplitude modulation) but is not limited to this.
[0050] 304. The first apparatus performs higher order modulation on the
control and
management plane data and the synchronization and timing data, and up-converts
the data onto a
specified frequency to obtain a second modulation signal.
[0051] The specified frequency is a frequency where the second
modulation signal is located.
On the specified frequency, the second modulation signal approaches a signal
near the second
modulation signal as close as possible but does not overlap the signal near
the second modulation
signal.
[0052] 305. The first apparatus combines the first modulation signal and
the second modulation
signal into one analog signal, and sends the analog signal to the second
apparatus by means of a
coaxial line.
[0053] Alternatively, step 305 may also be replaced with step 305a:
[0054] 305a. The first apparatus combines the first modulation signal
and the second
modulation signal into one analog signal, uses a bias tee (BIAS Tee) to
combine the analog signal
and a power supply signal that is sent by the BBU, and sends the signal that
is obtained by
performing the combination to the second apparatus by means of a coaxial line.
[0055] 306. The second apparatus separates the analog signal into a first
signal and a second
signal.
[0056] Alternatively, when step 305 is replaced with step 305a, step 306
may also be replaced
with step 306a:
[0057] 306a. The second apparatus uses the bias tee to separate the
signal that is obtained by
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performing the combination into an analog signal and a power supply signal and
separate the analog
signal into a first signal and a second signal, and sends the power supply
signal to the RRU.
[0058] 307. The second apparatus demodulates the first signal to obtain
the user plane data.
[0059] 308. The second apparatus demodulates the second signal to obtain
the control and
management plane data and the synchronization and timing data.
[0060] 309. The second apparatus converts the user plane data, the
control and management
plane data, and the synchronization and timing data into a parallel data
stream.
[0061] 310. The second apparatus converts the parallel data stream at
the physical layer into a
CPRI signal, and sends the CPRI signal to the RRU.
[0062] In the prior art, when a CPRI signal is transmitted by using an
original coaxial line,
transmitting the CPRI signal at the rate of 2457.6 Mbit/s needs to occupy a
bandwidth of 4.9152
GHz; whereas when a CPRI signal is transmitted using the method in this
embodiment, transmitting
the CPRI signal at the rate of 2457.6 Mbit/s needs to occupy only a bandwidth
of 287.5 MHz.
Therefore, utilization of frequency resources in a coaxial line can be
improved by using the method
in this embodiment of the present invention.
[0063] According to the method for transmitting a CPRI signal by means
of a coaxial line in
this embodiment of the present invention, a first apparatus converts, at the
physical layer, a CPRI
signal sent by a BBU into a parallel data stream, extracts valid data from the
data stream by
performing frame parsing, converts the valid data into a transmittable analog
signal, and modulates
the analog signal to a specified frequency and sends it to a second apparatus
by means of a coaxial
line; before the analog signal arrives at an RRU, the second apparatus
converts the analog signal
sent by the first apparatus by means of the coaxial line into valid data,
converts the valid data into a
parallel data stream, converts the parallel data stream at the physical layer
into a CPRI signal, and
sends the CPRI signal to the RRU. Compared with the prior art, in this
embodiment of the present
invention, a CPRI signal is converted into an analog signal with relatively
low bandwidth and then
transmitted by means of a coaxial line. In this way, the CPRI signal can be
transmitted more
efficiently, and utilization of frequency resources in the coaxial line is
improved.
Embodiment 4
[0064] This embodiment provides a method for transmitting a CPRI signal
by means of a
coaxial line. In this embodiment, that a sending end is a BBU and a receiving
end is an RRU is
taken as an example. Certainly, the method in this embodiment may also apply
to a scenario in
which the sending end is an RRU and the receiving end is a BBU.
[0065] It should be noted that a first apparatus connected to the
sending end is set at the sending
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end, and a second apparatus connected to the receiving end is set at the
receiving end. The first
apparatus is configured to process a signal sent by the sending end and send
the processed signal to
the second apparatus. The second apparatus is configured to process the signal
that has been
processed by the first apparatus and then send it to the receiving end.
[0066] As shown in FIG. 5, the method includes:
[0067] 501. The first apparatus converts, at the physical layer, a CPRI
signal sent by the BBU
into a parallel data stream.
[0068] The conversion performed at the physical layer specifically
includes serial-to-parallel
conversion.
[0069] Further, the conversion performed at the physical layer may further
include: converting
an external differential signal into serial data, and performing decoding and
descrambling on output
data after the serial-to-parallel conversion.
[0070] 502. The first apparatus performs frame parsing on a data frame
in the data stream to
separate user plane data, control and management plane data, and
synchronization and timing data
in the data stream.
[0071] The user plane data includes data transmitted between a base
station and a terminal, that
is, digital baseband (IQ) data on a user platform; the control and management
plane data includes
operation and maintenance information of the physical layer and the higher
layer; and the
synchronization and timing data includes information about synchronization and
timing.
[0072] 503. The first apparatus separates the user plane data into multiple
antenna carrier AxC
signals, and up-converts each of the AxC signals onto a specified frequency.
[0073] The specified frequency is a frequency where an AxC signal is
located. On the specified
frequency, the AxC signal approaches a signal near the AxC signal as close as
possible but does not
overlap the signal near the AxC signal.
[0074] 504. The first apparatus performs higher order modulation on the
control and
management plane data and the synchronization and timing data, and up-converts
the data onto a
specified frequency to obtain a third modulation signal.
[0075] The specified frequency is a frequency where the third modulation
signal is located. On
the specified frequency, the third modulation signal approaches a signal near
the third modulation
signal as close as possible but does not overlap the signal near the third
modulation signal.
[0076] 505. The first apparatus combines each of the AxC signals and the
third modulation
signal into one analog signal, and sends the analog signal to the second
apparatus by means of a
coaxial line.
[0077] Alternatively, step 505 may also be replaced with step 505a:
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[0078] 505a. The first apparatus combines each of the AxC signals and
the third modulation
signal into one analog signal, uses a bias tee (BIAS Tee) to combine the
analog signal and a power
supply signal that is sent by the BBU, and sends the signal that is obtained
by performing the
combination to the second apparatus by means of a coaxial line.
[0079] 506. The second apparatus separates the analog signal into a third
signal and multiple
AxC signals.
[0080] Alternatively, when step 505 is replaced with step 505a, step 506
may also be replaced
with step 506a:
[0081] 506a. The second apparatus uses the bias tee to decompose the
signal that is obtained by
performing the combination into an analog signal and a power supply signal and
separate the analog
signal into a third signal and multiple AxC signals, and sends the power
supply signal to the RRU.
[0082] 507. The second apparatus demodulates the third signal to obtain
the control and
management plane data and the synchronization and timing data.
[0083] 508. The second apparatus combines the multiple AxC signals to
obtain the user plane
data.
[0084] 509. The second apparatus converts the user plane data, the
control and management
plane data, and the synchronization and timing data into a parallel data
stream.
[0085] 510. The second apparatus converts the parallel data stream at
the physical layer into a
CPRI signal, and sends the CPRI signal to the RRU.
[0086] In the prior art, when a CPRI signal is transmitted using an
original coaxial line,
transmitting the CPRI signal at the rate of 2457.6 Mbit/s needs to occupy a
bandwidth of 4.9152
GHz; whereas when a CPRI signal is transmitted using the method in this
embodiment, transmitting
the CPRI signal at the rate of 2457.6 Mbit/s needs to occupy only a bandwidth
of 100 MHz.
Therefore, utilization of frequency resources in a coaxial line can be
improved by using the method
in this embodiment of the present invention.
[0087] According to the method for transmitting a CPRI signal by means
of a coaxial line in
this embodiment of the present invention, a first apparatus converts, at the
physical layer, a CPRI
signal sent by a BBU into a parallel data stream, extracts valid data from the
data stream by
performing frame parsing, converts the valid data into a transmittable analog
signal, and modulates
the analog signal to a specified frequency and sends it to a second apparatus
by means of a coaxial
line; before the analog signal arrives at an RRU, the second apparatus
converts the analog signal
sent by the first apparatus by means of the coaxial line into valid data,
converts the valid data into a
parallel data stream, converts the parallel data stream at the physical layer
into a CPRI signal, and
sends the CPRI signal to the RRU. Compared with the prior art, in this
embodiment of the present
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invention, a CPRI signal is converted into an analog signal with relatively
low bandwidth and then
transmitted by means of a coaxial line. In this way, the CPRI signal can be
transmitted more
efficiently, and utilization of frequency resources in the coaxial line is
improved.
Embodiment 5
[0088] This embodiment provides an apparatus for transmitting a CPRI signal
by means
of a coaxial line. As shown in FIG. 6, the apparatus includes:
a first conversion module 601, configured to convert a Common Public Radio
Interface CPRI signal sent by a sending end into a parallel data stream, where
specifically, the first conversion module 601 may convert, at the physical
layer, a
CPRI signal sent by the sending end into a parallel data stream;
a parsing module 602, configured to extract valid data from the data stream by
performing frame parsing; and
a first processing module 603, configured to convert the valid data into a
transmittable analog signal, modulate the analog signal to a specified
frequency, and send the
analog signal to a receiving end by means of a coaxial line.
[0089] Further, the parsing module 602 is specifically configured to
perform frame
parsing on a data frame in the data stream to separate user plane data,
control and management
plane data, and synchronization and timing data in the data stream.
[0090] The user plane data includes data transmitted between a base
station and a
terminal, that is, digital baseband (IQ) data on a user platform; the control
and management plane
data includes operation and maintenance information of the physical layer and
the higher layer;
and the synchronization and timing data includes information about
synchronization and timing.
[0091] Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 7, the first processing module
603 may include:
a first modulation unit 6031, configured to perform higher order modulation on
the
user plane data and up-convert the data onto a specified frequency to obtain a
first modulation
signal, where
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the specified frequency is a frequency where the first modulation signal is
located,
and on the specified frequency, the first modulation signal approaches a
signal near the first
modulation signal as close as possible but does not overlap the signal near
the first modulation
signal;
a second modulation unit 6032, configured to perform higher order modulation
on
the control and management plane data and the synchronization and timing data,
and up-convert
the data onto a specified frequency to obtain a second modulation signal,
where
the specified frequency is a frequency where the second modulation signal is
located, and on the specified frequency, the second modulation signal
approaches a signal near the
second
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modulation signal as close as possible but does not overlap the signal near
the second modulation
signal; and
a first combination unit 6033, configured to combine the first modulation
signal and the
second modulation signal into one signal.
[0092] Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 8, the first processing module 603
may include:
a separation unit 6034, configured to separate the user plane data into
multiple AxC
signals, and up-convert each of the AxC signals onto a specified frequency,
where
the specified frequency is a frequency where an AxC signal is located, and on
the
specified frequency, the AxC signal approaches a signal near the AxC signal as
close as possible but
does not overlap the signal near the AxC signal;
a third modulation unit 6035, configured to perform higher order modulation on
the
control and management plane data and the synchronization and timing data, and
up-convert the
data to a specified frequency onto obtain a third modulation signal, where
the specified frequency is a frequency where the third modulation signal is
located, and
on the specified frequency, the third modulation signal approaches a signal
near the third
modulation signal as close as possible but does not overlap the signal near
the third modulation
signal; and
a second combination unit 6036, configured to combine each of the AxC signals
and the
third modulation signal into one signal.
[0093] In this embodiment, the sending end and the receiving end may be a
BBU and an RRU,
respectively. Certainly, the sending end and the receiving end may also be an
RRU and a BBU,
respectively.
[0094] According to the apparatus for transmitting a CPRI signal by
means of a coaxial line in
this embodiment of the present invention, a CPRI signal is converted into a
parallel data stream;
valid data is extracted from the data stream by performing frame parsing; and
the valid data is
converted into a transmittable analog signal, and the analog signal is
modulated to a specified
frequency and sent to a receiving end by means of a coaxial line. Compared
with the prior art, in
this embodiment of the present invention, a CPRI signal is converted into an
analog signal with
relatively low bandwidth and then transmitted by means of a coaxial line. In
this way, the CPRI
signal can be transmitted more efficiently, and utilization of frequency
resources in the coaxial line
is improved.
Embodiment 6
[0095] This embodiment provides an apparatus for transmitting a CPRI
signal by means of a
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coaxial line. As shown in FIG. 9, the apparatus includes:
a second processing module 901, configured to convert an analog signal sent by
a
sending end by means of a coaxial line into valid data;
a synthesis module 902, configured to convert the valid data into a parallel
data stream;
and
a second conversion module 903, configured to convert the parallel data stream
into a
CPRI signal and send the CPRI signal to a receiving end.
[0096] Specifically, the second conversion module 903 may covert the
parallel data stream at
the physical layer into a CPRI signal.
[0097] Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 10, the second processing module 901
may include:
a first decomposition unit 9011, configured to decompose the analog signal
into a first
signal and a second signal;
a first demodulation unit 9012, configured to demodulate the first signal to
obtain user
plane data; and
a second demodulation unit 9013, configured to demodulate the second signal to
obtain
control and management plane data and synchronization and timing data.
[0098] The user plane data includes data transmitted between a base
station and a terminal, that
is, digital baseband (IQ) data on a user platform; the control and management
plane data includes
operation and maintenance information of the physical layer and the higher
layer; and the
synchronization and timing data includes information about synchronization and
timing.
[0099] Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 11, the second processing module
901 may include:
a second decomposition unit 9014, configured to decompose the analog signal
into a
third signal and multiple AxC signals;
a third demodulation unit 9015, configured to demodulate the third signal to
obtain
control and management plane data and synchronization and timing data; and
a combination unit 9016, configured to combine the multiple AxC signals to
obtain user
plane data.
[0100] Further, the synthesis module 902 is specifically configured to
convert the user plane
data, the control and management plane data, and the synchronization and
timing data into a parallel
data stream.
[0101] In this embodiment, the sending end and the receiving end may be
a BBU and an RRU,
respectively. Certainly, the sending end and the receiving end may also be an
RRU and a BBU,
respectively.
[0102] According to the apparatus for transmitting a CPRI signal by
means of a coaxial line in
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this embodiment of the present invention, an analog signal sent by a sending
end by means of a
coaxial line is converted into valid data, the valid data is converted into a
parallel data stream, the
parallel data stream is converted into a CPRI signal, and the CPRI signal is
sent to a receiving end.
Compared with the prior art, in this embodiment of the present invention, a
CPRI signal is
converted into an analog signal with relatively low bandwidth and then
transmitted by means of a
coaxial line. In this way, the CPRI signal can be transmitted more
efficiently, and utilization of
frequency resources in the coaxial line is improved.
[0103] The apparatuses for transmitting a CPRI signal by means of a
coaxial line in the
embodiments of the present invention are capable of implementing the preceding
method
embodiments. The method and apparatus for transmitting a CPRI signal by means
of a coaxial line
in the embodiments of the present invention may apply to transmission of a
CPRI signal by means
of a coaxial line, but is not limited to this.
[0104] Person of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or a
part of the processes of the
methods in the embodiments may be implemented by a computer program
instructing relevant
hardware. The program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium.
When the program
is run, the processes of the methods in the embodiments are performed. The
storage medium may be
a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM),
or a Random
Access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM).
[0105] The foregoing descriptions are merely specific embodiments of the
present invention,
but are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention.
Any variation or
replacement readily figured out by persons skilled in the art within the
technical scope of the
present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present
invention. Therefore, the
protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection
scope of the claims.
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